Jeez, thanks emir! I love this kinda "ballad shred". So beautiful, melodic, technical and awesome. I`m not near possessing the skills to manage it all, but will definitely "borrow" some of your licks:)

Jeez, thanks emir! I love this kinda "ballad shred". So beautiful, melodic, technical and awesome. I`m not near possessing the skills to manage it all, but will definitely "borrow" some of your licks:)

Thank you. You don't need to borrow anything Just take them all and use wherever you find them useful They are not protected with copyrights haha just kidding

thanks for your lesson .it is helping me get over my extremly bad habits ,your first speed burst i can manage but my problem is skipping to the next string( three notes per string) i play three notes then i pause then the next three i speed up to get back on tempo , it doesn't sound smooth any hints that could break me of this habit p. s. iv'e practiced with a metronome for years

The best advice is to play in slow tempo. When you master the half speed then increase to the next faster backing. Metronome is also a good solution for individual parts to get them right and then go back to backing track. Let me know about your progress. I am here to help at anytime. It would be good if you can upload something so I can see what problems do you have with practicing.

I'm also learning this lesson and won't stop until I've nailed it, even if it takes years. So impressed with this. It's made my major scale improvs way better by "stealing" some of these licks - especially the use of the whammy. It's an amazing piece, thanks! If I ever get up the onions, maybe I'll post a take one day.

this has to be on my top 5 and i been checkin this stuff for like more than a year. i just wish i could play in this same realm. i cant even hope to play it

You can get there. Every day 2 bars and when you memorize the notes then you can delevop speed slowly. This is quite complex solo but it can be reached with some serious practicing. If you go for this one I am here for help at any time.

Bit more, your fingerings are unsurpassed here in my view. My read on that the era of early "three finger might as well have lost my pinkie in a car door for all I use it" guitarists still impact conventional fingering patterns. You have moved past those conventions.

AWESOME solo!
I remember the first time I heard this, when it ended I just had to listen again. I think I ended up listening about 10 times before I could navigate away from the page When I get my alternate picking to work I'll be practicing this lesson all the time! Thanks for this amazing piece of music^^

If I close my eyes I am hearing so much influences passing by: Schenker, Malmsteen, Blackmore, Bettencourt,. How good putting them all in one lesson.Great lesson. Thx

I am glad I am with GMC: killer lessons

Good spot All those players are awesome and I learned a lot from each of them.

QUOTE (Oubollig @ Aug 12 2009, 11:35 AM)

AWESOME solo! I remember the first time I heard this, when it ended I just had to listen again. I think I ended up listening about 10 times before I could navigate away from the page When I get my alternate picking to work I'll be practicing this lesson all the time! Thanks for this amazing piece of music^^

Glad to hear that you're finding this inspirational. Thanks for the comment

Its been a long time since u uploaded this lesson, but still...Its so amazing and Kee and Norum are my favourties! Its excellent and so emotional..this solo should go to music history!You are a fantastic guitarplayer Emir:)I also love ur album! Fantastic!I will definately try to learn this after some of Marcus lessons.Think I will try to learn the melody now:))

Hello GMC. This time I have a rock ballad solo for you. Here I used some of my favourite techniques to demonstrate how various things on the guitar can be effectively used in a solo that has ballad feel.

My way of improvising on a ballad song is that I always start with some long notes and later slowly build up the atmosphere in the solo involving more and more different techniques. Somewhere after the middle part I am trying to make an "explosion" of fast licks and melodies and as I am approaching the last couple of bars I slow down again to announce the end of the solo.

The idea for this solo came from one of my favourite rock bands - EUROPE. Europe had two guitarists - Kee Marcello and John Norum. Both have incredibly accurate picking and technique but Kee Marcello was one of my biggest influences in 80’s and 90’s. My favourite albums are Prisoners in Paradise and Out of This World with Kee on the guitar. I learned so many rock licks from these two albums that I can almost never run out of inspiration when improvising. Definitely check out these albums, it might work for you as well.